The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-30
GERMANY SEXES SAMOA.
A KING OF HER OWN LIKING PUT
ON THE THRONE.

The Deposed Ruler Surrenders to
Save the Lives of His People-The
New Zealand Herald Twits the
United States with Cowardice-A
Letter by Malietoa.
LONDON, Oct. 29.--Advices from Apia
dated Oct. is say that the German Consul
refused to recognize the municipality which
the foreign consuls hitherto administered
and the German naval commander de-
manded a large sum from King Tamezese
for recently assisting him against Malietoa.
KING MALIEToA's EXPLANATION.
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Oct. 29.-The
steamer Zealander from Australia brings full
details of the surrender of King Malietoa, the
native king of the Samoan Islands, to Ger
man officials. There is also to hand by this
steamer letter by the King to the Ameri-
can and British Consuls day or two before
his surrender. Following is the full text of
the letter:
l. Malietoa, King of Samoa, write this letter
10 you as l am now in Distress When Chief
TalmezeSe and others first commenced the
present troubles it was my wish to punish them
and put an end to the rebellion that they had
raised. Acting, however, on advice and under
dsSuIduCeS OIL In6 bIlllSn ana American COnSulS
L retralned from doing so. | was repeatedly
told by representatives of the British and
American governments that they would
afford me and my government
assistance and protection if l abStained from
doing anything that might cause war among the
the Samoans Relying upon these promises, |
did not put down the rebellion. Now find that
war has been made upon me by the Emperor of
Germany, and Tamezese has been proclaimed
King of Samoa. The German forces and
the adherents of Tamezese threaten to make
war upon all SamoanS who do not acknowledge
TameZese | am innocent of any wrongful act
and hereby protest against the action of Ger
many, but as the German nation is strong and
am weak, yield to their power to prevent my
people being slaughtered. l shall deliver myself
up TO the German forces tomorrow to prevent
bloodshed and out of love to my people, / de
sire to remind you of the promises so repeatedly
made by your governments and trust that
you will so far redeem them as to
cause the lives and liberty of my chiefs and peo-
pie to be respected. | wish to inform you that
fear the Germans will compel me- as they are
now forcing my people, to sign papers acknOwl-
edglng Tamezese as king, and if | sign such
papers it will be only under compulsion and ia
avoid war being made on my people.
MALIEToA, King of Samoa,
AN EDITORIAL UTTERANCE.
In column and half of editorial on the
situation in Samoa the New Zealand Herald
has this to say
1t is quite clear that if America and Great
Britain had both shown that they would be
united in resisting the action which Germany
evidently premeditated the course pur-
sued by the officials of the latter power
would have been very different The only
possible way of accounting for the sudden
and arbitrary proceeding taken by the German
Consul at Apia, and by Commander Hausner in
declaring war against King Malietoa and sub
sequently deposing him, is by supposing that
at the Washington conference, around which so
much mystery has been desi9nedly thrown,
Germany has put forward claims which the
American representatives were inclined to
favor, but to which the British representatives
was hostile. At all events it would
appear that some serious difference of opinion
regarding the control of Samoa required an
adjournment of the conference to enable the
representatives to consult their respective gov
ernments. Had the conduct which Ger
many has been guilty of in Samoa
been resorted to by the government of
such a kingdom Denmark or Holland, the
tone and attitude assumed by the United States
authorities would have been very different from
that observed in the present instance